Bot traffic surpasses human traffic for the first time, Cloudflare report finds
Cloudflare's latest traffic report reveals that bot traffic has surpassed human traffic for the first time, marking a significant milestone in the "Dead Internet Theory." The surge is driven not only by traditional crawlers and malware bots but also by a new wave of AI agents powered by large language models. Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince notes this happened faster than he predicted, highlighting the accelerating automation of online activity.
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Five years on from an anonymous forum user coining the term 'Dead Internet Theory,' it's becoming a reality.
Cloudflare's latest worldwide traffic report shows that bot traffic has overtaken human traffic for the first time.
On top of traditional crawlers, search indexers, and malware bots, AI agents have surged bot traffic so much that humans online are now in the minority.
Welp, that happened faster than I predicted.
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